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‘Socialism is the best prophylaxis’: The German Democratic Republic’s Health Care System

Originally published: Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research on February 14, 2023 (more by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research) |

The German Democratic Republic (DDR) was a socialist state founded in East Germany in 1949 as a democratic, antifascist reaction to the Second World War and the subsequent restoration of monopoly capitalism in West Germany.